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Video: Mike Trout Tears Fabric of Reality, Hits Tape-Measure Home Run

Drew Fairservice — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:59:47 +0000

Your browser does not support iframes. I don’t know what kind of weather system blew through Kansas City tonight but our planet’s prevailing physics don’t appear to apply in the Show Me state. What other possible explanation could there be for a baseball swing that short and compact to impart such violent force upon a [...]

Behold, the O.J. Simpson mugshot tattoo

Sean Tomlinson — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:09:35 +0000

We pride ourselves on fine tattoo reporting around here. From Von Miller’s arm chicken to the largest and stretchiest Dolphins tat ever, we document the history of NFL ink. It takes hard work, perseverance, and the ability to click a computer mouse and use a keyboard. Advanced stuff. But this is the first time I’m [...]

The Counter Attack Podcast - Episode 22!

Richard Whittall — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:04:02 +0000

Devang Desai, Sean Keay, James Bigg and Richard Whittall discuss which footballers would make great cast choices for the Office, what we hope to see in the upcoming Confederations Cup, and which were our Vieiras and Vidukas from the entire football season. Thanks as ever for sending in your questions! You can download it here [...]

The Return Of The Canadian IndyCar Ya-Yas

Dustin Parkes — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:36:55 +0000

I don’t believe in fate or destiny, but I understand why others might. Sometimes, seemingly unrelated circumstances coincide so perfectly to form a singular result that it’s difficult to not believe in an unseen and powerful guidance shaping the outcome. Like many Canadians of a similar background and age to my own, I loved open-wheel [...]

Video: Welcome to Amir Johnson's secret Google party

Trey Kerby — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:54 +0000

There are a few of these videos from Amir Johnson’s trip to Google’s new Toronto offices, but I like this one the best, and not just because it features my current favorite track off a spectacular rap record, even though I will admit that is a really big part of it. No, I like this [...]

If your college baseball team isn’t good, your viral videos better be

Scott Johnson — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:52:47 +0000

If there’s one thing the University of Cincinnati baseball team is good at, it’s knowing how to sabotage post-game interviews. They finished 24-32 this season, but their best plays occur after the game in their post-game interviews. Just watch the video and check out the skill.

Brad Richards is going to be a healthy scratch tonight, which seems like a poor decision

Justin Bourne — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:59:19 +0000

I understand that Brad Richards has not played well for the Rangers in the eyes of John Tortorella. There’s a reason he’s been demoted and given minimal minutes. But now it’s come to this: Brad Richards says he is not playing tonight. He said Tortorella called him this morning to tell him. — Dan Rosen [...]

RaptorBlog Radio: Bye Bye, Bryan

Joseph Casciaro — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:31:07 +0000

In the latest installment of RaptorBlog Radio, Drew, Oliver and I get together to discuss the “sort of” firing of Bryan Colangelo, the current state of the Raptors organization, who may replace Colangelo, and what might become of Dwane Casey. Listen to the podcast on the player below or download the MP3 here Check out [...]

The Getting Blanked Podcast #133: Parade of Superstars

Drew Fairservice — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:05 +0000

Today’s edition of the Getting Blanked podcast is a “who’s who” of Major League baseball talent. Sure we talk about Jose Bautista for a while, but after that it is all Worley, all the time – with a little MONTERO thrown in for good measure. Listen to the podcast directly here. Subscribe to Getting Blanked [...]

Unnamed Jets think Mark Sanchez is a nice guy, but a crappy quarterback

Sean Tomlinson — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:58 +0000

I’d tell you to mentally prepare yourself for a summer filled with anonymous quotes from kind folk in and around the Jets locker room who are saying horrible things, but such preparation isn’t needed. Recently, anonymous Jets vitriol has been just as much a part of summer fun as beer, bikinis, fast boats, and apple [...]

A cool Groundhog Day-esque experiment illustrates that league titles don't always make a team "better"

Richard Whittall — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:58:08 +0000

I try not to do standalone posts on other blog posts as much, but I think this is such a cool idea, and a good opportunity to encourage others to try something like this. One of Counter Attack’s favourite analytics blog 11tegen11 has been fooling around with open-source statistics software R and ran this little [...]

Inherent Racism Remains Racist

Dustin Parkes — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:44:03 +0000

Sergio Garcia would like to remind us that racism still exists. Unfortunately, his method for doing so was not a public service announcement, but a joke aimed at Tiger Woods that referred to fried chicken. There are two things that are awful about this: 1) The public reinforcement of an incredibly demeaning stereotype that the [...]

LeBron James isn't impressed with his game-winner

Trey Kerby — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:30:25 +0000

Here is what we think about LeBron James’ Game 1 buzzer-beating game-winning hyphen-inducing layup: Whoa. What a shot. What. A. Shot. This guy is a monster. Why didn’t Frank Vogel have Roy Hibbert in after LeBron had just made a layup at the rim on the Heat’s previous possession because he could easily get to [...]

Madden 25 lets you to relocate your franchise to these 17 cities

Scott Johnson — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:57:14 +0000

Today we’re gonna take a look at relocating your team in Madden 25’s Connected Franchise mode. Moving your franchise is a big decision and it’s not an easy task to do. Sometimes things just don’t work out in your current city (no funding, small market, etc), so moving the team is the best option. Before [...]

Backhand Shelf Podcast: Pens "tyrannize" Sens, Vigneault gets the axe, Brad Richards gets healthied

Justin Bourne — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:07 +0000

Yes, “healthied” is a word in hockey parlance – it’s getting healthy scratched. Random thought, but anybody else think it would be great to see actual Penguins kicking the ass of actual Senators? Totally, right? Anyway, we discussed: * The Sens great start * The Pens great everything else * Alfie’s comments * Alain Vigneault [...]

Notes and Thoughts on Tim Leiweke's Media Call

Joseph Casciaro — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:15:56 +0000

With the bevy of rumours, reports and general speculation over Bryan Colangelo’s job status running rampant over the last few weeks, we’ve already had plenty of time to assess Colangelo’s actions and words recently. On that note, I’m not going to spend any time on Colangelo’s conference call with the media from earlier today after [...]

Fogging the Measure: Catcher Defense Ratings, May 2013 Edition

Matt Klaassen — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:19:15 +0000

We bloggers are spur-of-the-moment, react-just-to-react types, you know? We live for the present. And for the snark. And dogmatically defending metrics because we just can’t handle uncertainty. Sometimes, though, we like an “evergreen” series of posts. Even we dwellers in the ephemeral like to have something we can fall back on. In my case, I [...]

Get giddy: Percy Harvin says he'll still be used as a running back

Sean Tomlinson — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:43:58 +0000

Percy Harvin plays wide receiver. But really, that’s just a name. Although he’s fully capable of doing awesome stuff while split out wide, there’s often very little that’s wide about his alignment. He’s pretty damn good at being a slot receiver, where his speed in open space is utilized on crossing routes. But over the [...]

Football Finance: So if the Bundesliga model is so great, how exactly to implement it in England?

Richard Whittall — Thu, 23 May 2013 16:23:03 +0000

As expected, the Bundesliga ownership model is being touted ahead of the all-German European Cup final this Saturday. This isn’t a bad thing of course; the 50+1 fan ownership rule ostensibly promotes a saner, community-based approach to football finance, and despite the skepticism of soccer economists like Stefan Szymanksi, the lower wage-to-turnover rates and availability [...]

The Week In Sports Happiness

Dustin Parkes — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:13:34 +0000

Spending all day – every day – immersed in sports is a bit like working at Pizza Hut and eating nothing but pizza. If one is unburdened by such matters as personal health and waistline size, pizza is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately, too much of a wonderful thing is likely to leave one no longer [...]

2013 Playoff Player Profile: Tyler Hansbrough

Andrew Unterberger — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:24 +0000

Back before all that other crazy stuff happened in the fourth quarter and overtime, there was like a 30 percent chance that last night’s opener of the Pacers-Heat series was going to be known as “The Tyler Hansbrough Game.” Nah, he didn’t go full-on Nate Robinson or anything, but he did have a stretch where [...]

We're down to the final 4 in the NHL 14 Cover Vote

Scott Johnson — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:49 +0000

We’re now down to the semi-finals of the NHL 14 Cover Vote campaign and it’s down to the final 4: Pavel Datsyuk, Martin Brodeur, John Tavares and Sergei Bobrovsky. We say farewell to 2 Toronto Maple Leafs who made it far into the campaign. Pavel Datsyuk narrowly defeated Joffrey Lupul in what was the tightest [...]

Dave Lozo's Bag Skate: "The art of distraction," Joe Thornton, Arrested Development & more

Justin Bourne — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:12:49 +0000

There are many in things life that most of the population accepts as true that I find myself questioning. Benedict Cumberbatch is a good-looking man? Is it the accent? The fame? He’s pasty, has weird hair and a weirder name. Really, he’s me in high school. Perhaps the most perplexing and confusing thing seems to [...]

Colangelo relieved of GM duties but extended as President

Joseph Casciaro — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:41:22 +0000

In a dizzying chain of events that it seems only Toronto sports fans have been forced to get used to, the Raptors announced on Tuesday morning that Bryan Colangelo would be relieved of his General Manager duties while maintaining the seemingly higher position of team President. The exact terms of Colangelo’s new contract aren’t known [...]

Andrew McCutchen Talks Ballpark Food and Eggo Waffles with Anthony Bourdain

Scott Lewis — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:02:25 +0000

Pittsburgh’s ROOT Sports launched a new television and web series titled ‘All Stars with Andrew McCutchen’ on Tuesday. The show features McCutchen interviewing ‘all stars’ from fields outside of sports, and the Pirates center fielder’s first guest was none other than celebrity chef, reality TV star, and author Anthony Bourdain. Kudos to Bourdain for slamming [...]